Daniel Utley

So everyone is clear: Trump falsely claims FISA 702 is simply foreign collection. He leaves out that the government “incidentally” collects huge volumes of Americans’ communications under this program and then searches them without a warrant. That’s why Section 702 is the most dangerous part of FISA for ordinary Americans. Title I at least requires individualized court orders—even if those were abused against him. A “clean” extension skips any meaningful safeguards for our rights. Tell your representative to vote NO on reauthorizing FISA 702 without a warrant requirement.

House votes cancelled tonight

Being Jewish isn’t just religion, it’s an ethno-religious identity rooted in the Land of Israel. My mother is Jewish. That lineage doesn’t become “European” because her family was forced into Poland, that’s diaspora, not origin. Jews didn’t start in Poland, they were expelled, scattered, and survived. History, archaeology, and genetics all trace us back to the same place. I still have family in Jerusalem, and family buried in Israel. That continuity never broke. So yes, we are still of Middle Eastern descent. Living in Poland didn’t change that, it just proves we endured.